Creating a Mail Merge in Microsoft Word and other free tutorials on Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word from your virtual software trainer.

 

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Word :  Mail Merge - Step 3

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by Karyn Stille, Your Virtual Software Trainer

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Step 3:  Completing the Main Document

Completing the main document involves adding the necessary fields from your data source and finishing the typing of your document.  Entering standard text into this document is accomplished by following the same methods used to enter text into any other type of document.  However, Word adds a special Mail Merge toolbar to the top of the screen to allow you to insert the data source fields and complete the merge.

Inserting Data Source Fields

1.  Move the insertion point to the location for the first field.

2.  Choose the Insert Merge Field button on the Mail Merge toolbar.

3.  Select the appropriate field name from the list, as shown in the figure below.

4.  Continue typing the document, inserting fields where necessary.  Be sure to include spaces and other punctuation in appropriate places along with the field names.  For example, you will want to place a comma and a space after the City field in an address.

Note:  You can change the font used for a field name just like you can change the font for any text in the document.  To do this, select the field name and change the font and its attributes with either the formatting toolbar or the Format/Font dialog box.

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